2008 Swedish Golf Tour (women)
The 2008 Swedish Golf Tour, known as the SAS Masters Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the Swedish Golf Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for women held in Sweden and Finland.[1]
| Duration | May 2008 – October 2008 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 12 |
| Most wins | 2: Zuzana Masinova Catrin Nilsmark |
| Order of Merit | Zuzana Masinova |
← 2007 2009 → | |
Scandinavian Airlines replaced Telia Company as the tour's main sponsor and minimum purse for tournaments were raised to SEK 300,000. The sponsorship agreement amounted to a total of SEK 55 million and included the men's SAS Masters (formerly Scandinavian Masters) and women's SAS Masters in Norway.[2]
The Swedish International, held since 1962 and included on the tour since its inception in 1986, was discontinued.
Teenage twins Jacqueline and Caroline Hedwall finished top at the inaugural SAS Masters Tour event. Catrin Nilsmark and Czech Republic's Zuzana Masinova both won two events, and Masinova won the Order of Merit thanks to three runner-up finishes.
25 places at the LET event Göteborg Masters was reserved for players of the tour.[3]
Schedule edit
The season consisted of 12 tournaments played between May and October, where one event was held in Finland, and one was a Ladies European Tour event.[2]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse (SEK) | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 May | Telenor Masters | Barsebäck/St Ibb | Caroline Hedwall (a) | 216 (+2) | 2 strokes | Jacqueline Hedwall (a) | 300,000 | [4] | |
| 6 Jun | IT-Arkitekterna Ladies Open | Botkyrka | Catrin Nilsmark | 219 (+3) | 2 strokes | Josefin Leijon Zuzana Masinova | 300,000 | [5] | |
| 5 Jul | Kungsängen Queens Masters | Kungsängen | Anna Becker | 216 (+6) | 3 strokes | Antonella Cvitan Zuzana Masinova Jenni Kuosa | 300,000 | [6] | |
| 13 Jul | Felix Finnish Ladies Open | Aura, Finland | Zuzana Masinova | 207 (−6) | 6 strokes | Sarah Heath Lotta Lovén | 300,000 | [7] | |
| 1 Aug | Smådalarö Gård Open | Smådalarö Gård | Johanna Lundberg | Josefin Leijon | 300,000 | [a] | [8] | ||
| 22 Aug | SM Match | Örebro | Anna Nordqvist (a) | Lisa Hed | 300,000 | [9] | |||
| 30 Aug | PGA Open | Norrtelje | Catrin Nilsmark | 219 (+3) | 1 stroke | Zuzana Masinova | 300,000 | [10] | |
| 7 Sep | VW Söderberg Ladies Masters | Bråviken | Sanna Johansson | 216 (E) | 1 stroke | Johanna Lundberg | 300,000 | [11] | |
| 13 Sep | Svensk Biogas Masters | Landeryd | Johanna Westerberg | 211 (−5) | 7 strokes | Antonella Cvitan Emma Weeks | 300,000 | [12] | |
| 21 Sep | Göteborg Masters | Lycke | Gwladys Nocera | 259 (−29) | 11 strokes | Nina Reis | €250,000 | LET event | [13] |
| 26 Sep | Mölle Masters | Mölle | Emma Weeks | 211 (+1) | Playoff | Eva Bjärvall | 300,000 | [14] | |
| 4 Oct | Volkswagen Open | Kallfors | Zuzana Masinova | 215 (−1) | 2 strokes | Karin Börjeskog | 300,000 | [15] | |
Swedish PGA Championship
Swedish Matchplay Championship
- ^ Stableford tournament.
Order of Merit edit
An official feeder tour for the Ladies European Tour, the top two finishers in the Order of Merit earned LET cards for 2009.[16] The two qualifiers received Exemption Category 7, ahead of the 30 Q-School graduates with Category 8A. Johanna Lundberg received the second card, as Catrin Nilsmark was already exempt in Category 2, after winning an LET major, the Evian Masters.[17]
| Rank | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zuzana Masinova |
| 2 | Catrin Nilsmark |
| 3 | Johanna Lundberg |
See also edit
- 2008 Swedish Golf Tour (men's tour)
References edit
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2008). Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 278. ISBN 91-86818007. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Svensk Golf 6/2008". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 204. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Starkt schema för SAS Masters Tour". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 Telenor Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 IT-Arkitekterna Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 Kungsängen Queens Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 Felix Finnish Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 Smådalarö Gård Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 SM Match Damer". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 PGA Open Damer". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 VW Söderberg Ladies Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 Svensk Biogas Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 Göteborg Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 Mölle Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Results 2008 Volkswagen Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Svensk Golf 6/2008". Swedish Golf Federation. p. 201. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "2009 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. p. 21. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
External links edit
- Official homepage of the Swedish Golf Tour